All Helicopters articles – Page 151
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General Aviation in brief - 9 October 2007
EUROCOPTER ERA Era Helicopters has ordered four more Eurocopter EC225s, bringing its order tally for the type to eight. Era is the first offshore oil...
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Submarine-launched UAV concept wins student design competition
A design for an autonomous compact rotorcraft deployable from a submarine and intended to be used to transport special forces personnel won the first prize...
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New offshore helideck lighting system looks promising
Early feedback from pilots about a new offshore oil-rig helideck lighting system under test by the UK Civil Aviation Authority is proving favourable, according...
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Commercial helicopter market growth continues
This week's Helitech show at Duxford, UK welcomes an industry in high spirits with strong global demand in sectors from executive transport to oil exploration
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Low-cost simulation can transform helicopter training
Low-cost simulation is bringing a new kind of helicopter pilot training to the market, and making it far more widely available. This phenomenon is not unique...
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US helicopter safety drive may be paying dividends
After stagnating for two decades, US helicopter accident rates fell by 32% and were down 13.7% in the rest of the world in 2006. And a study by Bell...
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Bombardier, Rockwell Collins team to build next-generation cockpit
Bombardier Aerospace will take integrated avionics to a higher plane with the introduction at the National...
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Air Evac Services buys Bell LongRanger helicopters
Bell has sold 16 206L-4 LongRanger light helicopters to US emergency medical...
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Technology notes 25 September 2007
Early control design saves money AVIONICS Developing an aircraft's flight-control system at an earlier stage to avoid later costly redesign is the...
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Airbus reshuffles management team
New Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has reshuffled his senior team, slimming the executive committee from nine to six and marking a further shift by Airbus...
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GA news in brief
EMS TRACKING California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) air medical transport service is installing Sky...
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Business aviation in brief
GULFSTREAM EXPANSION Gulfstream has opened the first of two phases of its new 58,025m2 (624,600ft2) Savannah,...